Subtract

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To take away; deduct.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform the arithmetic operation of subtraction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole; deduct.
  • Synonyms Subtract, Deduct. See deduct.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make a subtraction
  • v. take off or away
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cut down    cutback    trim down    bring down    trim back    cut    trim    reduce   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    deduct    abstract   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abstract    act    attacked    attract    backed    blacked    compact    contract    counterattacked    cracked